Ford price cut announced for touring and roadster models
A Ford price reduction takes effect today August 1 with a $50 cut on both touring and roadster models. Touring price now 550 and roadster 500 F O B Detroit. Factory savings cited from larger production and economies. Citizens Auto Co closes deal for 150 Michelin inner tubes with Huerta government. shipments to Laredo. Fort Worth travelers Webb group visits Galveston beach races en route home in Buick touring car.
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Ford
Ford Sales Company
Detroit
Citizens’ Auto Company
Huerta
Express
Laredo
Local auto sales rise as firms install Tora cars citywide
Clifton George of Ford Sales notes growing use of Tora cars by local commercial houses for city and field use. Brannon Signalgo Cig ar Company is the latest buyer, while Woodward Carriage Co. sold a Cross Country Rambler to W. H. Laswell for testing a new wheel. An Overland touring car and a Studebaker 35 travel from Galveston to Dallas, with two Fort Worth figures praising the 800 mile run and 14 hour Fort Worth to Galveston leg in a Buick model 31. Arno Schwentheim of Comfort buys a Maxwell 5 touring car from Alamo Auto Sales through Travis Club chatter.
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Clifton George
Ford Sales Company
Ford
Brannon Signalgo Cigar Company
W. H. Laswell
Woodward Carriage Company
Laswell
Herman Evans
Herman Munster
Galveston
Dallas
Hugh Lewis
Professor E. 5. Edwards
Fort Worth
Mr. Lewis
New 1914 Cole Demonstrator Attracts Comment
The new 1914 Cole demonstrator, now at Guarantee Motor Car Company sales rooms, draws attention. Features include left hand drive center control and an improved Delco starting and lighting system, according to manager J. F. Hagan.
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Colé
Guarantee Motor Car Company
J. F. Hagan
Delco
Kyle Woman Drives 60 Miles in 2 Hours 20 Minutes
Mrs. William Groos of Kyle arrives in the city announcing a 60 mile trip in 2 hours 20 minutes in her Cadillac touring car. G F Wroten of Staacke Brothers heads to Kentucky for several weeks. William Steinhardt of the Hudson Company returns from Galveston praising the 1914 Hudson on display at the Cotton Carnival automobile show.
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William Groos
Kyle
City
Here
G. F. Wroten
Staacke Brothers
Kentucky
William Steinhardt
The
Hudson Company
Galveston
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Fortified Health
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a hot weather tonic that enriches the blood and strengthens the whole system to withstand summer depression. Priced at 50 cents.
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GROVE
Petition Filed To Abate City Dust Nuisance
A citizen committee prepares a petition to present at Monday's council session seeking daily washing of asphalt streets and thrice daily sprinkling of gravel and macadamized streets. The request also asks budgeting for sprinkling wagons and flushers to curb dust across the city.
Sausage ad promotes TIN TAG quality at lobby display
An advertisement urges buyers to ask for sausage with TIN TAG for freshness and wholesomeness, directing shoppers to see the display in the lobby of the Grand Opera House and noting UNION MEAT COMPANY as the seller.
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Grand Opera House
Union Meat Company
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San Antonio
Sandford Webb
Elmo Sledd
Mr. Webb
Buick
B. R. Webb
Jo Walsh
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Travis Club
Mr. Walsh
Arno Schwentheim
Comfort
Council
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